"If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
- Toni Morrison
My contribution to the @creatingblackcharacters Black History Month Challenge
From a Digimon fanfic I'm working on: The siblings, Zaraiah and Zerubbabel, and their new friend, Ekat Anne
For a clearer look at their designs: (though this is them all magicked up, so things like their hairstyles are different)
The reason I chose these characters in particular...
When I was a child, I was really into Digimon. I even made a fan comic with my own fan characters, but not a single one was Black like me
In fact, looking back, I don't think I created my first Black original character until I was in middle school and that's because she was based off of me. Many of my OCs were anthro or nonhuman, but the humans were almost always White.
So, this is me rectifying that. I can't go back in time and tell Kid! Me that she can be the protagonist and smooch all the anime boys she wants. But I can say it to my fellow Black fan creators
It's your story and you deserve to go on adventures
That's also why I chose that quote from Toni Morrison. Her words were a massive inspiration for me and changed my entire trajectory as a writer and artist
It's a little late to tag anyone else to take part in the challenge (I am great at time management), but I hope someone finds this inspiring
Phascomon BT13-078, Porcupamon BT13-081, Astamon BT13-084, Belphemon: Sleep Mode BT13-088, and Belphemon: Rage Mode BT13-091 by Hisashi Fujiwara from BT-13 Booster Versus Royal Knights